Class Title:	ELECTIONS TECHNICIAN I - SERVICES
Class Code:	13006
Salary:	$11.85 - $16.28 Hourly $948.26 - $1,302.45 Biweekly $2,054.55 - $2,821.97 Monthly $24,654.66 - $33,863.65 Annually

Description  Benefits
To serve the voting and candidate public by performing a variety of specialized clerical and computerized elections services; to provide direction, procedures, and elections information to and for the public, government officials, nominees, candidates, and others; and to perform other duties and services, as assigned, within the confines of elections services. The Elections Technician - Services Series is assigned to the Elections Office of the County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar's Department. Positions in this series perform a wide range of clerical tasks in the assignment and review of voter and/or candidate material and provide technically complex guidance to the public, government officials, and others having authority or interest in the elections process. Classes in the Elections Technicians - Services Series are distinguished from other clerical classes by the independent judgment, criticality, and elections code knowledge required for accurate and timely review, implementation, and certification of election papers and documents necessary for the voting public and nominating officials under the legally mandated elections process. This series is further distinguished from Elections Technician - Operations Series by the latter's assignment to more labor intensive tasks; and the specialized technical, and/or trade training, required at upper levels. This is the first working and an allocated level in the series. Under close supervision, positions assigned to this class perform a variety of basic clerical duties, including data entry, as well as service to the public, in support of the election process. The majority of duties are of a routine nature and can be learned in a brief period of time, with minimal interpretation and instruction.
Examples Of Essential Duties:
• Receives and assists the walk-in public and answers routine elections questions. • Provides information and issues appropriate elections and/or voter registration cards and forms. • Answers telephones and responds to routine telephone inquiries; refers callers to appropriate supervisor or informational source for more detailed information. • Data enters a variety of elections material and document information, including but not limited to, voter affidavits, campaign disclosures, and petitions into appropriate computerized records. • Sell registration and election data and document copies to the general and candidate public in accordance with established laws and procedures. • Accepts and performs computerized and/or manual scanning of Voter Affidavits or records for signature imaging and future visual verification/comparisons. • Store, inventory, and/or retrieve a variety of election materials for office and management staff, for the voting public, and/or for candidates, nominees, or a variety of government officials.
Recruiting Guidelines:
Knowledge of: Modern office practices and procedures; Operation of standard office equipment, including word processing, computerized data systems and terminology; Current English usage (grammar, spelling, and punctuation); Filing, indexing, and cross referencing methods; Proper telephone techniques; Procedures for dissemination of appropriate information to the public. Ability to: Perform general clerical work; Understand and follow both written and oral instructions; Perform data entry and other computerized and or information processing tasks; Learn office operations, including ongoing working and procedural changes; Alphabetize and file documents according to system directions; Concisely and efficiently obtain, record, and relay information from the public and community and government officials served; Read, understand, explain procedures, forms, and processes with tact and courtesy to the general public and government officials; Speak English at a level for effective job performance; Learn to perform diverse clerical and technical elections operations tasks required by the office; Learn to operate a variety of unique computerized output and/or electronic imaging equipment of the elections office; Learn to perform equipment adjustments, if and as needed. Read and understand applicable elections codes and instructions; Make decisions in standard elections procedural matters without immediate supervision; Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports; Make arithmetical calculations rapidly and accurately; Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships; Communicate in English and at the professional level of the Elections Office with the voting public, candidates, elected and government officials. Experience: Two years of clerical experience which must have included work with data entry and/or computerized systems and one year experience which must have included the responsibility for communicating or explaining information or procedures to the public. Substitution: One year of the required two years clerical experience may be substituted by either of the following: Completion of either 9 semester or 18 quarter units from a recognized college or 250 hours of training from a recognized occupational program in secretarial sciences, office practices, business education, or a closely related field; OR Completion of 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences, business education, or a closely related field.
Other Requirements:
Skill: Sufficient keyboard or typing skill to enable the applicant to complete 35 net words per minute may be required.
Pre-Employment:
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of both a pre-employment physical exam, including a drug/alcohol test, and a criminal background investigation, which involves fingerprinting. (A felony or misdemeanor conviction may disqualify the applicant from County employment).
Probationary Period:
As an Approved Local Merit System, the County of Riverside requires all new regular or seasonal employees to serve an initial probationary period, the duration of which is indicated in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, County Resolution, or Salary Ordinance. Temporary and Per Diem employees serve at the pleasure of the agency/department head.